diff --git a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ClosureCodegen.java b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ClosureCodegen.java
index 076271ae105..4c33503bf73 100644
--- a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ClosureCodegen.java
+++ b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ClosureCodegen.java
@@ -229,9 +229,10 @@ public class ClosureCodegen extends MemberCodegen<KtElement> {
     @Override
     protected void generateKotlinMetadataAnnotation() {
         FunctionDescriptor frontendFunDescriptor = CodegenUtilKt.unwrapFrontendVersion(funDescriptor);
-        FunctionDescriptor freeLambdaDescriptor = createFreeLambdaDescriptor(frontendFunDescriptor);
         Method method = v.getSerializationBindings().get(METHOD_FOR_FUNCTION, frontendFunDescriptor);
         assert method != null : "No method for " + frontendFunDescriptor;
+
+        FunctionDescriptor freeLambdaDescriptor = FakeDescriptorsForReferencesKt.createFreeFakeLambdaDescriptor(frontendFunDescriptor);
         v.getSerializationBindings().put(METHOD_FOR_FUNCTION, freeLambdaDescriptor, method);
 
         DescriptorSerializer serializer =
@@ -245,30 +246,6 @@ public class ClosureCodegen extends MemberCodegen<KtElement> {
         });
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Given a function descriptor, creates another function descriptor with type parameters copied from outer context(s).
-     * This is needed because once we're serializing this to a proto, there's no place to store information about external type parameters.
-     */
-    @NotNull
-    public static FunctionDescriptor createFreeLambdaDescriptor(@NotNull FunctionDescriptor descriptor) {
-        FunctionDescriptor.CopyBuilder<? extends FunctionDescriptor> builder = descriptor.newCopyBuilder();
-        List<TypeParameterDescriptor> typeParameters = new ArrayList<>(0);
-        builder.setTypeParameters(typeParameters);
-
-        DeclarationDescriptor container = descriptor.getContainingDeclaration();
-        while (container != null) {
-            if (container instanceof ClassDescriptor) {
-                typeParameters.addAll(((ClassDescriptor) container).getDeclaredTypeParameters());
-            }
-            else if (container instanceof CallableDescriptor && !(container instanceof ConstructorDescriptor)) {
-                typeParameters.addAll(((CallableDescriptor) container).getTypeParameters());
-            }
-            container = container.getContainingDeclaration();
-        }
-
-        return typeParameters.isEmpty() ? descriptor : builder.build();
-    }
-
     @Override
     protected void done() {
         writeOuterClassAndEnclosingMethod();
diff --git a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/coroutines/CoroutineCodegen.kt b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/coroutines/CoroutineCodegen.kt
index 05169b8e7df..c4e227f4b11 100644
--- a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/coroutines/CoroutineCodegen.kt
+++ b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/coroutines/CoroutineCodegen.kt
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ class CoroutineCodegenForNamedFunction private constructor(
     override fun generateKotlinMetadataAnnotation() {
         writeKotlinMetadata(v, state, KotlinClassHeader.Kind.SYNTHETIC_CLASS, 0) { av ->
             val serializer = DescriptorSerializer.createForLambda(JvmSerializerExtension(v.serializationBindings, state))
-            val functionProto = serializer.functionProto(createFreeLambdaDescriptor(suspendFunctionJvmView)).build()
+            val functionProto = serializer.functionProto(createFreeFakeLambdaDescriptor(suspendFunctionJvmView)).build()
             AsmUtil.writeAnnotationData(av, serializer, functionProto)
         }
     }
diff --git a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/fakeDescriptorsForReferences.kt b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/fakeDescriptorsForReferences.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5b7554be92e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/fakeDescriptorsForReferences.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2017 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen
+
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.*
+import java.util.ArrayList
+
+/**
+ * Given a function descriptor, creates another function descriptor with type parameters copied from outer context(s).
+ * This is needed because once we're serializing this to a proto, there's no place to store information about external type parameters.
+ */
+fun createFreeFakeLambdaDescriptor(descriptor: FunctionDescriptor): FunctionDescriptor {
+    val builder = descriptor.newCopyBuilder()
+    val typeParameters = ArrayList<TypeParameterDescriptor>(0)
+    builder.setTypeParameters(typeParameters)
+
+    var container: DeclarationDescriptor? = descriptor.containingDeclaration
+    while (container != null) {
+        if (container is ClassDescriptor) {
+            typeParameters.addAll(container.declaredTypeParameters)
+        }
+        else if (container is CallableDescriptor && container !is ConstructorDescriptor) {
+            typeParameters.addAll(container.typeParameters)
+        }
+        container = container.containingDeclaration
+    }
+
+    return if (typeParameters.isEmpty()) descriptor else builder.build()!!
+}